Dr. Graham Turnock | |
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Chief Executive Officer of the UK Space Agency | |
In office March 2017 –September 2021 | |
Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Graham Turnock is a British physicist who served as the chief executive officer of the UK Space Agency from March 2017 to September 2021. [1]
Turnock holds a PhD in Particle Physics from Cambridge University for his work at European Organization for Nuclear Research. [2] For 15 years,he worked in HM Treasury,notably as leader of the Transport Spending Team. [3] Before joining the UK Space Agency as chief executive officer,Turnock served as Director of Better Regulation in the Department for Business,Energy and Industrial Strategy. [4]
Turnock served as the chief executive officer of the UK Space Agency from March 2017 [5] to September 2021. During this time,he attempted to gain closer relationships with the Australian Space Agency via Sabre,a synergetic air-breathing rocket engine under development by British company Reaction Engines. [6]
During Brexit negotiations,he warned that if the United Kingdom was expelled from the Galileo program,it would set it back by years and cost the European Union billions. [7]
Graham Turnock has won the Grace Blackman Cup in 2017
Turnock serves as a trustee of the Youth Hostels Association. [8]
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